Population:
71,167

Bismarck profile

Living in Bismarck

Bismarck is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of North Dakota. With a population of 71,167 people and 16 constituent neighborhoods, Bismarck is the second largest community in North Dakota.

Bismarck real estate is some of the most expensive in North Dakota, although Bismarck house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Bismarck is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Bismarck is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bismarck who work in office and administrative support (14.86%), sales jobs (8.94%), and management occupations (8.90%).

Also of interest is that Bismarck has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.74 minutes getting to work every day.

The education level of Bismarck citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 34.22% of adults in Bismarck have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bismarck in 2010 was $33,824, which is wealthy relative to North Dakota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $135,296 for a family of four. However, Bismarck contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Bismarck home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bismarck residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Bismarck include Norwegian, Irish, Russian, and English.

The most common language spoken in Bismarck is English. Other important languages spoken here include German and Spanish.